Assessment at Trinity St Stephen First School

October 2014

The new curriculum

• In September the new National Curriculum became statutory

• There is greater challenge, particularly in maths

• A greater focus on core knowledge and learning facts

• Foundation subjects do not have the same level of detail in the new curriculum, allowing teachers to be more creative with their teaching

Assessment

• English, maths and science SATs will remain, but will be more demanding

• Children will be ranked against the national cohort by decile. (A decile rank is a comparative rank where something is measured against other similar things. The child would be given a score between 1 and 10, where a score of 1 would mean they were in the top 10%, a score of 2 would mean they were in the top 20%)

• There is a proposed baseline test for Foundation children on entry into Reception

Assessment

• National Curriculum levels will be removed and not replaced. Year 2 and the Foundation year will continue to work with the old curriculum and assessment procedures this year

• It will be up to schools to decide how they measure progress and attainment

• Schools will be expected to achieve targets of at least 85% of pupils attaining the expected attainment for each year group

Assessment

• At Trinity St Stephen the staff have worked together on a system of assessment which is based on Key Objectives for each year group

• You will be given a copy of the key objectives for maths, reading and writing on parents evening and they will be published on line

• Your teacher will have identified one key objective which your child is working towards and you can support them in at home

• Your child will have a copy of this glued into their exercise book or reading diary so that they also know what their next step is too

Assessment

• Teachers will be scoring each child against each key objective

Score criteria

0 Children have not come across this topic

1 (emerging) Children have been introduced to the topic and may have started to use the skill.

2 (expected) Child knows how to use and apply the skill.

3 (exceeding) Children has moved beyond the objective

Assessment

• If there are 15 objectives your child will be expected to score 30 points, but the maximum total points will be 45 by the end of the year

• Please be aware there are a different number of objectives for each year group

• Progress towards the end of year expectation will be reported on in the Spring Term reports

Finally…

At Parents Evening you can expect to receive:

• A copy of the Key Objectives for Maths, Reading and Writing

• Your copy of the Key Objectives will indicate which key objective you can help with at home

• Any other information your teacher thinks will be useful, especially based on how they have settled into their new year groups

Any questions